"Now I'm going to
read you the names of several public figures and organizations, and I'd like
you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat
positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know
the name, please just say so. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby."

"Next, we'd like to get your overall opinion of
some people in the news. As I read each name, please say if you have a
favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if you have never
heard of them.How aboutformer vice-presidential adviser Lewis 'Scooter'
Libby?"

"We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read
each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
these people -- or if you have never heard of them. Connecticut Senator Joe
Lieberman." 8/08: "Connecticut Senator" was omitted.

"I'm going to read you the names of several public
figures and I'd like you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive,
somewhat positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know the
name, please just say so. Joe Lieberman."

"I'd like to get your feelings toward some of our political leaders and
other people who have been in the news. I'll read the name of a person and
I'd like you to rate that person using something called the feeling
thermometer. You can choose any number between 0 and 100. The higher the
number, the warmer or more favorable you feel toward that person, the lower
the number, the colder or less favorable. If we come to a person who you
haven't heard enough about to form an opinion, you don't need to rate the
person. Just tell me and we'll move on to the next one. How do you feel
about
Joe Lieberman?"

"Next,
I'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name,
please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of this person -- or if you have
never heard of him. Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman."

"Next,
I'm going to read you the names of some people in the news today. Please tell me whether
you have generally favorable or generally unfavorable impressions of each, or whether you
are not familiar enough to say one way or another. Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman."*

"Please tell me if your
overall opinion of each of the following people is very favorable, somewhat
favorable, somewhat unfavorable, very unfavorable, or you are not familiar
enough to form an opinion. Joe Lieberman."

.

Very
Favorable

Somewhat
Favorable

Somewhat
Unfavorable

Very
Unfavorable

Not
Familiar
Enough

Unsure

%

%

%

%

%

%

1/03

14

36

15

14

20

2

Pew Research Center for the
People & the Press survey conducted by Princeton Survey Research
Associates. Dec. 4-8,
2002.N=1,205
adults nationwide. Margin of error ±
3.

.

"Now I'd
like your views on some people and organizations. As I read from a list, please tell me which
category best describes your overall opinion of who I name. Would you say your
overall opinion of
Joe Liebermanis very favorable, mostly
favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable?"

"I'm going to read you the names of several public figures
and I'd like you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat
positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know the name, please
just say so. Rush Limbaugh."

"Now, I'd like to read you a list of various national public figures, and
for each one, please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of them. If you haven't heard of them, just tell me and we'll move on. Rush
Limbaugh."

"We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read
each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
these people -- or if you have never heard of them. Rush Limbaugh."

"I'm going to read you the
names of several individuals and groups. Please tell me whether you have a
generally favorable or unfavorable opinion of each one. If you've never
heard of one please just say so. Rush Limbaugh."

"We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read
each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
these people -- or if you have never heard of them. John
McCain."
6/07 - 8/23-24/08: "Arizona Senator John McCain"

"I'm going to read you the names of several public figures
and I'd like you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat
positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know the name, please
just say so. John McCain."

"Next, as I read you the names of some people in politics, please tell me if
you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of each one. If I mention
someone you never heard of before this interview, just tell me. What about
John McCain?"

"Next,
I'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name,
please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
these people -- or if you have
never heard of them. How about John McCain?"

.

Favorable

Unfavorable

Neverheard of

Unsure*

%

%

%

%

11/7-9/08

64

33

n/a

3

10/10-12/08

56

41

n/a

2

10/3-5/08

55

40

n/a

4

9/5-7/08

63

33

n/a

4

8/21-23/08

59

36

n/a

5

7/25-27/08

62

33

n/a

5

6/15-19/08

59

35

n/a

6

5/30 - 6/1/08

56

37

n/a

7

5/1-3/08

62

30

n/a

8

4/18-20/08

60

33

n/a

8

3/14-16/08

67

27

n/a

7

2/21-24/08

56

33

n/a

11

2/8-10/08

54

36

n/a

10

1/30 - 2/2/08

56

32

n/a

13

1/10-13/08

59

29

n/a

13

12/14-16/07

54

30

n/a

16

11/30 - 12/2/07

55

30

n/a

15

11/2-4/07

47

34

n/a

19

10/12-14/07

46

37

n/a

17

10/4-7/07

46

31

n/a

22

9/14-16/07

53

34

n/a

12

9/7-8/07

46

32

n/a

21

8/13-16/07

45

37

9

9

8/3-5/07

41

42

6

11

7/12-15/07

41

36

10

12

7/6-8/07

46

35

7

12

6/1-3/07

47

33

7

13

5/10-13/07

54

27

9

10

5/4-6/07

50

30

10

10

4/13-15/07

51

32

6

10

4/2-5/07

57

26

8

9

3/23-25/07

51

28

9

12

3/2-4/07

57

25

9

9

2/9-11/07

57

26

9

8

1/5-7/07

48

24

13

15

11/9-12/06

54

23

10

13

6/23-25/06

56

25

8

11

7/25-28/05

51

22

16

11

8/23-25/04

55

19

9

17

3/26-28/04

53

21

13

13

4/29 - 5/1/02

53

21

11

15

6/8-10/01

60

21

10

9

3/9-11/01

61

15

9

15

7/24/00

57

14

6

23

4/28-30/00

61

18

6

15

3/10-12/00

57

28

6

9

2/25-27/00

66

18

5

11

2/20-21/00

65

17

7

11

2/4-6/00

67

12

8

13

1/17-19/00

51

17

10

22

12/9-12/99

57

11

14

18

10/21-24/99

37

12

30

21

4/13-14/99

35

12

28

25

2/19-21/99

27

8

44

21

.

* 9/7-8/07
through 8/21-23/08: Includes those who answered "never heard of"

"Regardless of how you
might vote, do you have a favorable or unfavorable impression of John
McCain?"Added 9/08:
"Regardless of how you might vote...." 2/00 and
earlier: "...please tell me if you have a favorable or
unfavorable impression of that person, or perhaps you don't know enough to say...."

"I'd like to get your feelings toward some of our political leaders and
other people who have been in the news. I'll read the name of a person and
I'd like you to rate that person using something called the feeling
thermometer. You can choose any number between 0 and 100. The higher the
number, the warmer or more favorable you feel toward that person, the lower
the number, the colder or less favorable. If we come to a person who you
haven't heard enough about to form an opinion, you don't need to rate the
person. Just tell me and we'll move on to the next one. How do you feel
about John McCain?"

"Looking ahead to the 2008 presidential election, how
favorable an impression do you have of each of the following possible
candidates: very favorable, somewhat favorable, somewhat unfavorable, very
unfavorable? . . . Arizona Republican
Senator John McCain."

"I'm going to
read the names of severalindividuals or
groups. Please tell me whether you have a generally
favorable or unfavorable opinion of each one. If you've never heard of someone, please
just say so. John McCain."

"Next, I'm going to read you the names of some people in the
news today. Please tell me whether you have generally favorable or generally unfavorable
impressions of each, or whether you are not familiar enough to say one way or another.
Arizona Senator John McCain."

"Please tell me if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of the
following people in politics. If I mention someone you have never heard of
before, just tell me. What about Cindy McCain? Do you have a favorable or
unfavorable opinion of her?"

"We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read
each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
these people -- or if you have never heard of them. Cindy McCain."

"Next, we'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As
I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of these people -- or if you have never heard of them. How about Cindy
McCain, wife of John McCain?"

"Now I'm going to
read you the names of several public figures, and I'd like
you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat
positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know
the name, please just say so.Cindy McCain."

"I'm going to mention
some people and groups in the news recently. For each, please tell me if
your feelings are very favorable, mostly favorable, mostly unfavorable, or
very unfavorable. If you don't know enough to answer, just say so. Mitch
McConnell, majority leader in the U.S. Senate."

"We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read
each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
these people -- or if you have never heard of them. Senate Republican Leader
Mitch McConnell."

"Next, we'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As
I read each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion
of these people -- or if you have never heard of them. How about Senate
Republican Leader Mitch McConnell?"

"I'm going to read you the names of several public figures
and I'd like you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat
positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know the name, please
just say so. Mitch McConnell."

"Next, as I read you the names of some people in politics, please tell me if
you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of each one. If I mention
someone you never heard of before this interview, just tell me. What about
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell?"

"We'd like to get your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read
each name, please say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of
these people -- or if you have never heard of them. Virginia Governor Bob
McDonnell."

"Next, we'd like to get
your overall opinion of some people in the news. As I read each name, please
say if you have a favorable or unfavorable opinion of these people -- or if
you have never heard of them. How about Ralph Nader?"

"Now I'm going to
read you the names of several public figures and organizations, and I'd like
you to rate your feelings toward each one as either very positive, somewhat
positive, neutral, somewhat negative, or very negative. If you don't know
the name, please just say so.
Ralph Nader."

.

Very
Positive

SomewhatPositive

Neutral

Somewhat
Negative

Very
Negative

Don't
Know
Name/
Not Sure

%

%

%

%

%

%

3/7-10/08 RV

4

10

25

18

29

14

7/27-30/07

7

14

36

16

12

15

9/17-19/04 RV

3

11

34

18

24

10

6/25-28/04 RV

4

16

28

19

22

11

5/1-3/04 RV

5

14

30

18

24

9

3/6-8/04 RV

3

15

29

20

23

10

12/00

8

23

30

15

13

11

10/13-15/00

11

20

31

10

12

16

9/7-10/00

12

20

27

14

13

14

7/27-28/00

13

22

27

10

10

18

6/14-18/00

10

23

30

9

6

22

4/29 - 5/1/00

9

19

31

12

8

21

Pew
Research Center for the People & the Press survey conducted by Princeton Survey
Research Associates International.Aug. 5-10, 2004.N=739
adults nationwide.Margin of error ±
4.

.

"Now I'd
like your views on some people and organizations. Would you say your
overall opinion of Ralph Nader is very favorable, mostly
favorable, mostly unfavorable, or very unfavorable?"

"Next, I'm going to read you the names of some people in the
news today. Please tell me whether you have generally favorable or generally unfavorable
impressions of each, or whether you are not familiar enough to say one way or another. Ralph
Nader."